As you've probably heard both the NCAA and the ACC have now pulled championships from North Carolina because of HB2. This discriminatory law is bad for our people, our morale, and our economy. It's political malpractice for Gov. McCrory to dig in his heels to defend this indefensible law.

As a LGBT North Carolinian, I know first hand how discriminatory policies hurt people and how policies based on the values of dignity and equity for all can uplift us as individuals and as a community. That's a perspective that I'll bring to my role on Buncombe County Commission and it also motivated me to write this new opinion piece about HB2. If you have a minute, check it out here.